In "The Forest of Bourg-Marie," originally published in 1898, Toronto author and musician S. Frances Harrison draws together a highly mythologized image of Quebec society and the forms of Gothic literature that were already familiar to her English-speaking audience. It tells the story of a fourteen-year-old French Canadian who is lured to the United States by the promise of financial reward, only to be rejected by his grandfather upon his return. In doing so, the novel offers a powerful critique of the personal and cultural consequences of emigration out of Canada.
In her afterword,...
In "The Forest of Bourg-Marie," originally published in 1898, Toronto author and musician S. Frances Harrison draws together a highly mythologized...
